[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Newtowne Neck shore, MD

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy explosives turn up on southern Maryland shore

By Martin Weil
Washington Post
January 7, 2012

Navy ammunition from the World War II era has been turning up near  
the Potomac River shore in southern Maryland, and authorities have  
closed a state park where the shells have been found.

The Maryland State Fire Marshal's office said 10 more pieces of  
ordnance were found Saturday in an isolated area of Newtowne Neck  
State Park in St. Mary's County. The Maryland Park Service said the  
park, near Leonardtown, has been closed until further notice.

A St. Mary's County spokesman said it was "believed the explosives  
are being unearthed by the tides in the river or washed ashore."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/navy-explosives-discovered-md- 
state-park-closed/2012/01/07/gIQAGiayhP_story.html



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